Plead your case

[Sputty]

"Real men shoot lead" is right.

[Moloch]

Ok warbaby, you are pretty contradictory. You said, I quote, "Therefore, when I read about people rioting and being killed, I can't help but feel a good deal of respect for the TR. If someone starts giving them crap, they make sure it doesn't happen again. Think anyone is planning another demonstration against the government anytime soon? Yeah, me neither."

WTF DO YOU CALL THE GODDAMN NC!?!?!?!?!???? They are a demonstration against the government if I ever frickin saw one! Yeah, the TR did a good frickin job of scaring people into submission, there are 2 goddamn EMPIRES who are not AT ALL SCARED of fighting the TR.
Flame off.
I am prob going NC because Of their weapons. I like to expose myself as little as possible, cuz of snipers. THerefore, I do not have much time to do whatever. So, if I chose Vanu, I'd have to spend most of my time aiming, cuz I can't spray n' pray. With the TR, I'd have to spend time aiming cuz I have to hit him several times. I think I'm going NC, cuz every bullet with the gauss counts more than one bullet of TR or VS. Also, I've always liked shotguns and wire-guided missiles.

[NapalmEnima]

I was pretty dead set on TR until the empire pages came out, now I'm not so sure.

I'll probably just pick the empire with the smallest population when I log on.

VS? No problemo. FLAME ON SWEETY! Spewing lasher rounds sounds like a good way to find cloakers... the shots will arc into them if I'm remotely close. Jump-jet MAXes sound cool too. Not much kick on that pulsar? Great!

NC? Sweet. The Phoenix sounds like a real blast. I consider it to be one of the best weapons in the game. Can't wait to dump all three barrels of a jackhammer into some poor fool's face.

TR? Rock on. Striker's will sweep the sky of all who oppose us. Our foes will fail beneath a hail of bullets.

I'm pretty easy like that. No no no! Not like THAT... not since college.

Actually, a lot of what I'm looking forward to is in the common pool... the Reaver, the Lightening, oh... the AMS. Can't forget about the AMS.

[Sputty]

Yeah, I'm going for Reaver and things like the Punsiher. The best stuff is common-pool in my opinion.

[Kaikou]

I'll just reply here with my answer even though it has probably been answered 1000 times already...

If you're gonna ONLY use commonpool weapons/vehicles, then the only difference you need to decide on is which color you like better? red, purple, or blue...

[Sputty]

Red for me..

[Warborn]

Ok warbaby...

That was a zinger with a capital z.

You said, I quote, "Therefore, when I read about people rioting and being killed, I can't help but feel a good deal of respect for the TR. If someone starts giving them crap, they make sure it doesn't happen again. Think anyone is planning another demonstration against the government anytime soon? Yeah, me neither."

WTF DO YOU CALL THE GODDAMN NC!?!?!?!?!????

I call them a bunch of kids (not the players -- the faction) taking advantage of the fact that the TR is a few thousand light-years away, and trying to kill off the tiny pocket of TR loyalists left to claim the world for their own and start up their own little civilization.

They are a demonstration against the government if I ever frickin saw one! Yeah, the TR did a good frickin job of scaring people into submission, there are 2 goddamn EMPIRES who are not AT ALL SCARED of fighting the TR.

Yeah, they are. However, they're not fighting the Terran Republic. They're fighting a bunch of Republic loyalists who are totally cut off from the actual Terran Republic itself. An accurate analogy would be to say that you're not afraid to fight the [Country] Military because you were able to grab a foot soldier when he was going for a piss and kick his ass with your friends.

[mistled]

Originally posted by Warborn
An accurate analogy would be to say that you're not afraid to fight the [Country] Military because you were able to grab a foot soldier when he was going for a piss and kick his ass with your friends.

Haha... you can be uptight Warborn, but that was funny as hell. I can just see this little scrawny guy getting out of his max and going to relieve himself behind a tree only to get jumped by a bunch of punks. hahahahaha... moron should have went before he left base.

[BCR]

Well, I'm glad to see that people are getting into the idea of the game ('my empire can beat up your empire!')

[Moloch]

Alright, I am not trying to say "NC is USA!" here, but the situation is similar. "I call them a bunch of kids (not the players -- the faction) taking advantage of the fact that the TR is a few thousand light-years away, and trying to kill off the tiny pocket of TR loyalists left to claim the world for their own and start up their own little civilization." Hmm, lets open up that history book...Continental congress...declaring war on British loyalists in country...british loyalists cut off from country by an ocean...hard to transport troops and supplies effectively over the ocean...yada yad same goddamn story. NOTE: I DO NOT THINK THE NC IS THE US! THIS IS MERELY COMPARING THE SITUATION OF THE REVOLUTION WITH THE SITUATION YOU DESCRIBED!

I love getting dumb flames, gimme some more warborn, pretend I'm Dio...

[Warborn]

Alright, I am not trying to say "NC is USA!" here, but the situation is similar. "I call them a bunch of kids (not the players -- the faction) taking advantage of the fact that the TR is a few thousand light-years away, and trying to kill off the tiny pocket of TR loyalists left to claim the world for their own and start up their own little civilization." Hmm, lets open up that history book...Continental congress...declaring war on British loyalists in country...british loyalists cut off from country by an ocean...hard to transport troops and supplies effectively over the ocean...yada yad same goddamn story.

The US fought the entirety of the British Empire. Yes, there was an ocean that separated them, but an ocean can still be traversed, and if I'm not mistaken, that's how the Brits invaded in the first place. The Americans fought (and valiantly so) the British, man to man, and although the French played a part in securing the victory for the United States, the situation was in no way the same. If the British had one of their vessels crash on the American coast, and then the Americans came and killed the shipwrecked seamen, then yes, the situation would be quite similar.

I love getting dumb flames, gimme some more warborn, pretend I'm Dio...

I didn't realize I was flaming anyone.

[Jamjam]

2 big issues omn empire choosing....,.... Weapons and such(is number 1)....... and amount of people is number 2.... wel I geuss u could to the storyline... becaus e(like terrans) some story lines trash the mpire.. But some times which ever name sounds most Uber might do it.. What ever floats urboat dude.. I posted a thread on it to explain to every one ok?? Later buddy

[Camping Carl]

Alright, I am not trying to say "NC is USA!" here, but the situation is similar. "I call them a bunch of kids (not the players -- the faction) taking advantage of the fact that the TR is a few thousand light-years away, and trying to kill off the tiny pocket of TR loyalists left to claim the world for their own and start up their own little civilization." Hmm, lets open up that history book...Continental congress...declaring war on British loyalists in country...british loyalists cut off from country by an ocean...hard to transport troops and supplies effectively over the ocean...yada yad same goddamn story. NOTE: I DO NOT THINK THE NC IS THE US! THIS IS MERELY COMPARING THE SITUATION OF THE REVOLUTION WITH THE SITUATION YOU DESCRIBED!

Ya know, I hadn't thought about this one very much. Yeah the NC situation is very much like early america in that, unhappy with the current government, they take advantage of the fact that that gov.'s ability to stop them from rebeling is hindered. Nevermind such details as an ocean being different from a closed wormhole. It's similar because in both cases the ruling gov (tr and britain) was no longer able to bring their full resources to bear.

[mistled]

Originally posted by Moloch
I love getting dumb flames, gimme some more warborn, pretend I'm Dio...

That reminds me, I don't think I've seen Dio around today. Where is that l33t whore, anyway??

[Moloch]

respect to you warborn, most people would simply flame in response. However, shipwrecked seamen would have a lot weaker foothold than the TR would on Auraxis. As carl said. Argument closed on account of apathy.